You're lucky -- I start getting my football fit this week, when the local high school program has a varsity camp. And then the next week, when they have a youth camp. Those will mitigate the pain of your absence.

Why don't we all talk about this highly suspicious story out of South Carolina where Coach Rod allegedly offered a full scholarship to a kid who has never played a down of varsity football and who had been kicked out of school the last two years?

I was hoping Whets would provide us with yet another update on Arizona baseball's march to the College World Series. Last time he posted, his Wildcats had won the first game against Miami in the Super Regionals.

Catie - I didn't look too thoroughly because I was gagging but do you have a link or some other concrete evidence that these are indeed the new jerseys? Methinks you might be f-ing with us. I really didn't read too far into your blog because of time constraints. There's gotta be shit storm coming if this is correct.

I have a very hard time believing those would be approved as official uniforms. I'm basing this almost solely on my guess that the away jersey wouldn't even be acceptable under some state high school athletic associations (too much blue -- large patches of dark colors on away jerseys tend to be a no-go), so I'm not sure the NCAA would go for it.

Besides, I think something definitive would have leaked out about jersey changes by now, and I know the U-M fan base would be apoplectic by now.

Yes definitely well deserved. I have been sparse on here as of late due to being promoted to full time for the summer so now instead of working 18 hour weeks I'm working 60. Kind of a big change but oh the moola is fantastic. Will hopefully pan out into a couple of MI games this fall since we will have the extra cash. All my best to all. Will get on when I can. Kris

Those are made by Coliseum. They're "replica" jerseys, but since Nike has the Michigan contract, they can't put out a jersey that looks anything like the real thing. Coliseum has been putting out garbage like this for years, and stupid people keep buying them.

I hear that the locals here in Ann Arbor can tell the difference between the Walmart Michigan fans and the "real" Michigan fans.....if those Jerseys ARE for real.......it might prove to be difficult to detect the Walmart Michigan fan from the "real" ones!

This whole jersey thing is a misdirection play. The powers that be are desensitizing you with fake uniforms because the real ones would send you over the edge. They will keep leaking out butt-ugly designs until game day when the players will run onto the field in the official uniform. By then you will be so numb you won’t care.

Here’s the dirty little secret: the new uniforms were designed by an OSU grad. The whole uniform is blue except for a three inch wide maize stripe that goes up the middle of the back of the jersey. My sources tell me it was an inside job. You might want to put your coaches and admin people to a loyalty test.

By the way, I’m not saying anything, but if you dust for prints don’t be surprised if you get a hit on Les Miles.

I said that I had a fairly good source for this, but certainly not rock solid. I have serious doubts that they are the new jerseys, but hey......it gives us something to discuss while Yost is sipping tequila.

I hope to goodness that they are NOT the jerseys, because......uh......YUK!

Am I the only one that can see my post where I linked all the other garbage that Colliseum has put out?

Trust me, I worked in sports apparel for a while. Colliseum will never EEEEEVVVVER by contracted by ANYONE to design a jersey. Junior Varsity Middle School teams wouldn't accept Colliseum apparel if it was free.

#1, Adidas has the contract, Colliseum does not. #2, Michigan will never change their jerseys beyond a throat logo here, or a brand logo there. They will always be the same blue jerseys with maize numbers.#3, regardless of how good your source is, doesn't change the fact that the "home" jersey is a 3 year old design and the "away" jersey is a 2 year old design, and on top of that, it's a women's cut!

In closing, if Michigan runs out on the field in either of those jerseys, I will give you a trillion dollars. Promise.

Those are females? I stand corrected. I thought those were two of the new bodies Barwis was bragging about. You know, from that ESPN article. He boasted about how the players would be taking their shirts off during the summer.

I wouldn't recommend that unless RR has money to bail out his players for indecent exposure.

I think Barwis needs to check the estrogen level in the weight room chocolate milk.

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